Artificial Intelligence news

History has shown us that curiosity killed the cat, skinned it and dissected it, says David AnsellElon Musk believes that making artificial intelligence “maximally curious” means that it would be “pro-humanity” (Elon Musk launches AI startup and warns of a ‘Terminator future’, 13 July). Before Mr Musk creates such an entity, perhaps he should visit some of the hallowed institutions of curiosity and reflect on how the “maximal curiosity” of previous

Possible reasons for release of LLM include potential for diluting rivals’ competitive edgeMark Zuckerberg’s Meta has this week released an open-source version of an artificial intelligence model, Llama 2, for public use. The large language model (LLM), which can be used to create a ChatGPT-like chatbot, is available to startups, established businesses and lone operators. But why is Meta doing this and what are the potential risks involved? Continue reading...

The thousands of strikers are at the frontlines of two key battles: against a future controlled by AI, and against suffocating inequalityWe’re having quite an apocalyptic summer. Wildfire smoke chokes the air of major cities. Amid a brutal heatwave, striking workers muster picket lines on scorching streets. The screenwriters of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) have been on strike for nearly three months. Last week they were joined by 160,000 members of Sag-Aftra, the actors’ union.

Head of global affairs at Facebook owner claims AI’s development is running behind ‘hype’ about its risksNick Clegg has defended the release of an open-source artificial intelligence model by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, as he claimed that “hype” about AI’s dangers was running ahead of the technology’s development.The president of global affairs at Meta and former UK deputy prime minister spoke on Wednesday after the company said it was opening access t